65 companies submitted bids for power generation based on coal, bunker fuel and renewable sources at an average cost of between $112 MW / h and $117 MW / h.
Starting now "... the technical teams of the Empresa Electrica de Guatemala, SA (EEGSA) Energuate will be evaluating the proposals for three weeks. "
"...The award is scheduled to be made by a virtual auction on August 26, meaning that contracts will take effect in May 2017.
Prices will be announced on March 20 after which there will be two sealed envelope auctions containing the improved proposals of Energuate and EEGSA.
The bids were led by companies generating using bunker fuel, coal, and others combining coal and biomass, or bunker fuel and biomass, hydropower stations also had their space.
"Carmen Urízar, president of the National Electricity Energy Commission (CNEE), said are expecting strong competition in prices, which are to be announced on 20 March."
On March 5, bids will be received in the tender of 560 MW needed by distributors in order to meet demand from May 2014 to April 2017.
On March 5 bids will be received for the tender for short-term energy in the amount of 560 MW for Energuate and Empresa Electrica de Guatemala (EEGSA) so that it can meet demand from May 2014 to April 2017. Some 11 companies have acquired the bidding rules.
An evaluation is being made on whether to raise from 250 MW to 400 MW the PG3 tender in order to compensate for the delay in the project by Jaguar Energy, projected to be 600 MW for this year.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines and the National Electric Energy Commission are looking at increasing the energy in the PEG 3 tender from 250 MW to 400 MW. The contest will take place between April and June.
The MEM has launched two tenders to ensure energy supply for the next 18 years, prioritizing renewable energy resources.
From a press release from the Government of Panama:
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) in Guatemala has launched two tenders that aim to ensure the country's power supply for the next 18 years. In total, they plan to award 788 megawatts from 2014.
On September 19 a tender will be launched by Empresa Electrica de Guatemala and Energuate for the long-term supply of 250 megawatts .
The information was confirmed by the Minister of Energy and Mines (MEM), Erick Archila.
According to the director of Regulation at Energuate, Dimas Carranza, the plan is to tender 250 megawatts in 15 year contracts , with operations starting in 2017.
Of the 260 MW that were offered in early March, 85.88 MW have now been awarded through short-term contracts.
The companies that were awarded the contracts are Electrogeneración (20 MW), Generadora del Este (12 MW), Renace (40 MW), SIBO (5 MW), and Duke (8.88 MW). The Hydroelectric station Hidroxacbal did not receive any contracts.
Prensalibre reports that "Dimas Carranza, director of regulations at Energuate, said the companies who had not been awarded contracts did not receive them because the technical and economic conditions offered were not within expectations. 'We believe we can get cheaper prices with some other generators, or even with them,' Carranza said."
Eight companies have submitted bids for power generation totaling 268 MW for the period May 2013 to April 2015.
Elperiodico.com.gt reports that "the bids for power generation by the companies Electrogeneración and Generadora del Este are the lowest priced at $7 per kilowatt, while Puerto Quetzal Power (PQP) and Duke Energy submitted offers of between $10.52 and $13.25 ".
Of the 600MW required, the National Electric Energy Commission has only awarded 421MW because the other bidders did not meet the maximum price established in the tender.
The participants in the tender put forward offers for a total of 57 power plants, but only 40 met the tender requirements.
Regarding the process the Minister of Energy and Mines, Erick Archila said, "..
42 companies presented themselves in the tender for the supply of 600 MW, offering various types of electricity generation, from hydro power to solar energy.
Elperiodico.com.gt reports that "A total of 63 firms purchased the tender documentation, but only 42 made offers, which will be released on November 23, together with the prices of the virtual bids prepared by the National Energy Commission (CNEE). "
Fifty-eight generators have acquired the documents for the tender for up to 600MW for a period of 15 years from May 2015.
The technical and financial bids will be received by Empresa Electrica de Guatemala, SA (EEGSA) and Energuate up until Monday, October 29, 2012.
"In the previous tender 42 bids were received for over 800 MW, but contracts only awarded for 210 MW to 16 hydroelectric stations, as prices exceeded the reference value set by the National Energy Commission (CNEE) of U.S. $117.5 Q0.93 per MW or per kilowatt / hour", reports Elperiodico.com.gt
The government has reversed its decision to convene a new tender for 590 MW within a month, and will instead respect the minimum period of six months provided for by regulation.
The government would prefer to advance the bidding for projects totaling 590 MW of electricity in the course of just a month, but has stepped back and will follow established procedures allowing six months for the award of a contract as established in the General Regulations on Electricity (RGE in Spanish).
Guatemala distributors asked for 800 MW, but supply has exceeded expectations, with 873MW from non-renewable sources, and 682 MW from renewables.
Bids presented by 33 power generators together amount to almost double the 800 MW of power originally requested in Guatemala‘s recent tender. Overall, the proposals from the bidders totaled 1,554.9 MW, reported Siglo21.com.gt.
Thirty-three companies have submitted their technical and financial bids for the tender for the provision of 800 MW of power over the next fifteen years.
Participating in the process are four power stations providing energy using biomass and coal, two windmills and several hydroelectric power companies.
"Jorge Alonso, manager of the Empresa Electrica de Guatemala, SA (EEGSA), said they have yet to define how many megawatts will be awarded, but considered that the target will be exceeded, as more than 60 percent of the bids received were from companies using renewable sources", reported Prensalibre.com.
Forty-three companies have acquired the specifications to participate on 26th January in the tender for the provision of 800MW of power for the next fifteen years.
Of the companies interested, 11 are non-renewable generation plants and 11 generate energy from renewable sources (hydro and wind).
"The tender aims to obtain more competitive rates for the 2.3 million customers of the 3 electricity distributors operating in the country (EEGSA, Deorsa and Deocsa), the CNEE has defined some terms in order to achieve lower energy prices", wrote Lorena Alvarez in an article in Elperiodico.com.gt.